---- Chapter 9 With his eyes on me, Ethan loosened his tie somewhat aggressively as he said tomorrow. Are you satisfied now?" ophia's leaving the pack My hand holding the cup paused for a moment before I understood what he meant. "I don't have the power to make that happen." "Don't you?" he sneered. "Were you not the one who went to my parents to tell them things and got them to kick her out?" There was malice in his amber eyes, but also a flicker of smugness. It passed so quickly that I wondered if I had imagined it from exhaustion. I was too mentally drained to try to interpret his emotions anymore. "I'm sorry." His tone softened unexpectedly. "We'll go to the cemetery tomorrow to sign the paperwork. You pick the location. Let me know once you've decided." Stunned, I looked up at him with my emerald eyes. ---- "Is it really worth getting this worked up over?" he asked. So, he thought this was just me being emotional. I didn't bother arguing. I simply nodded and uttered, " Okay." He gave mea long look before turning and walking away. Two hours later, I saw a photo of Ethan's silhouette on Sophia's social media. The Alpha's elegant profile was half-hidden ina dimly lit room, shrouded in an intimate atmosphere. The simple caption read, "He said I'm more beautiful than moonlight." A flash of nausea washed over me before I laughed. Ethan had said that to me once, too. It was the night we first held hands. His palm had been warm, trembling just enough to give him away. ---- Ihad casually remarked on the moonlight before he had stared at me, mesmerized, and told me I was even more beautiful. That flutter of the heart then was like the final grain of sand in our love story. And the wind had long since blown it away. Later, when Ethan tried to cancel the mate bond breakage, Sheldon interfered without Ethan's knowledge. So, when the 30-day deadline arrived, I finally received the breakage document just as I'd hoped. After hiding the papers safely, I told Ethan I was with pup. Overjoyed, he set off fireworks across the pack territory for an entire week. The news even trended online. "The Alpha of Silvercrest Pack Lights up the Night Sky for His Beloved." Our story was painted like a fairy tale. But only I knew that fairy tales were all lies.